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hotel bombing

... hotel bombing his ordeal at the hands of the bombers. He was forced to carry one of the bombs into the hotel and when recognised as a member of the security forces refused to be blindfolded and leave the hotel with the gunmen telling them kill me here ...

Published: Friday 23 November 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 353 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Madrid on after bomb

... Madrid on after bomb THE Spanish Government, faced with the threat of more bombs after three blasts or. Sunday left five people dead and more than 90 wounded, has reinforced Madrid's military garrison and placed potential targets under guard. Madrid's ...

Published: Tuesday 31 July 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 292 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

What it bomb disposal man

... What it bomb disposal man my death. My previous job was as a staff officer. I had nevr dealt with terrorist devices before and my knowledge of them was precisely nil. But Patrick will not accept that bomb disposal is particularly dangerous. Dealt with ...

Published: Tuesday 20 February 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 94 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

The bouncing bomb inventor dies

... bouncing bomb, which breached the Mohne and Eder dams, Sir Barnes will be chiefly remembered. The raid was led by the late Wing Commander Guy Gibson.Twho won the VC fOr the exploit • The raid was regarded as a major tactical Bomb attack A BOMB exploded ...

Published: Wednesday 31 October 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 646 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Patrol finds bombs and pistol

... Patrol finds bombs and pistol attacks on post office property o in the South and South Tyrone areas during a 24-hour period. The RUC said that on six occasions telephone wires had been cut, and in the — four other cases, explosive devices were planted ...

Published: Wednesday 11 July 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Four killed, dozens injured in bombings

... ETA said more bombs would be planted in tourist centres. ETA staged a series of recent bomb attacks on Spanish beach resorts to back their demands for better conditions in jail for Basque separatist Madrid's civil governor said three bombs, each containing ...

Published: Monday 30 July 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 334 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Timber destroyed in big bomb blaze

... Timber destroyed in big bomb blaze THOUSANDS of pounds worth of timber was destroyed by a bomb attack in Londonderry early this morning. Two bombe exploded at the timber yard of Robert Keys at Bay Road, starting a blase which destroyed the contents of ...

Published: Wednesday 02 May 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 187 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Four released after bombs questioning

... haul of 16 cylinder bombs in an electricty sub-station in the Gobnascale area of the Waterside. The bombs, which were identical to !hsise found in the Short Strand area 'f Belfast, were ready for use and had be defused by Army bomb experts. Each contained ...

Published: Monday 23 April 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

International link in letter bomb war

... International link in letter bomb war POLICE were convinced today that European revolutionaries are helping the Provisional IRA with their Christmas letter bomb campaign as former Prime Minister Ted Heath warned of the danger of international terrorist ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Cancellations as bombings hit Spain's tourism

... The latest guerrilla threat came in a communique claiming responsibility for two bomb blasts on Sunday night in the east coast resorts of Castellon and Peniscola. Eleven bombs have now been planted in Government fights back in O Nicaragua GOVERNMENT troops ...

Published: Tuesday 03 July 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 673 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Bomb find: UDA call for restraint

... Bomb find: UDA call for restraint By Doris Hoodereem THE UDA today called on Protestant workers in east Belfast not to vent anger on Roman Catholics after the massive IRA bomb find in the Short Strand. There should be no provocation or 'acts of retaliation ...

Published: Thursday 08 March 1979
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 4 | Tags: none